- Bear paw clam
Taxobox
name = Bear paw clam
status = LR/cd | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Bivalvia
ordo =Veneroida
familia =Tridacnidae
genus = "Hippopus "
species = "H. hippopus"
binomial = "Hippopus hippopus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms =The bear paw clam, also known as the horse's hoof clam or strawberry clam, "Hippopus hippopus", is a species of large saltwater clam, a
tropical marinebivalve mollusk in the familyTridacnidae , the giant clam family.Distribution
This species is found in
American Samoa ,Australia ,Fiji ,Guam , possiblyIndia ,Indonesia ,Japan ,Kiribati ,Malaysia ,Marshall Islands ,Micronesia ,Myanmar ,New Caledonia ,Northern Mariana Islands ,Palau ,Papua New Guinea , thePhilippines ,Samoa ,Singapore , theSolomon Islands ,Taiwan ,Tonga ,Tuvalu ,Vanuatu , and possiblyThailand .ource
* Wells, S. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10105/all Hippopus hippopus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
07 August 2007 .
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